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>>jakels+(OP)
Sure does seem like the primary outcome of cryptocurrencies being released onto the world has been criminals making money.

>>wnevet+I9
Criminals and the porn industry are almost invariably early adopters of new technologies. For better or worse their use-cases are proof-of-concepts that get expanded and built on, if successful, by more legitimate industries.

Re: the Internet.

Re: Peer-to-peer.

Re: Video streaming.

Re: AI.

>>BLKNSL+Qm
How were criminals the early adopters of Internet, Video streaming and AI?

>>denism+el1
Single examples:

Internet: The Cuckoo's Egg (nation state, more so than criminals maybe, but it's a blurry distinction)

AI: Elon Musk youtube (often cryptocurrency scam) ads

Video streaming was more obviously exclusively a porn thing